#WarholWednesday⁠ In 1982 Warhol was commissioned to create a poster for a new film by the German film director Rainer Fassbinder. "Querelle" is based on a scandalous novel by Jean Genet written in 1947. The film's plot and character completely aligned with Warhol's own cinematic sensibilities; a violent and explicitly homoerotic story of a sailor, opium dealer and murderer’s journey into the sexual underworld of a French port. This collaboration would bring together three of the most provocative creative minds of the 20th century. ⁠ ⁠ “It was a busy afternoon. Fassbinder and his producer came by, I told him I loved the movie. Then they went out and the producer came back and he said he’d left Fassbinder in a porno shop in the Village. He’s strange, Fassbinder,” he told his diary on April 20, 1982. Warhol began the process to create the poster with his usual method of a series of both black and white photographs and Polaroids, followed by drawings, and finally a silkscreen that brought them all together. ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ Image 1: Andy Warhol, Male Models/Querelle, 1982. Black and white print, 10 x 8 inches.©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.⁠ ⁠ Image 2: Andy Warhol, Querelle, 1982. Polacolor 2, 4 1⁄4 x 3 3/8 inches. ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.⁠ ⁠ Image 3: Andy Warhol, Querelle, 1982. Graphite on HMP paper, 31 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches. ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.⁠ ⁠ Image 4: Andy Warhol, Querelle, 1982. Silkscreen on Lenox Museum Board, 40 x 40 inches. ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. ⁠ ⁠ Image 5: Andy Warhol, Querelle, 1982. Poster, 39 1⁄2 x 27 1⁄2 inches. ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #WarholFoundation #AndyWarhol #Warhol #Querelle #RainerWernerFassbinder #Fassbinder #JeanGenet #1980s @Polaroid #Polaroid #Photography #Drawing #Silkscreen #movieposter